You know, its "know better" types like you that have us here. The Ds have had a year to pass something that will help people, with each house, and now that all important first year is gone and what do we have for all our faith, time, and money. A halfash BIP that does nothing to help people. "We need infrastructure!" some will cry. And we do. But there is a reason the Rs supported that one. First, the Ds will get no credit for something so diffuse, and second it will benefit them in ways they can claim credit for. Meanwhile, the left and D base is this pivotal year has gotten nothing of any important. Been a year, no excuses.
I would argue the main reason nothing gets done is that the leadership has a strangehold on power and THEY ARE OLD. Too old to have the energy to deal with cascading nightmares we face. They won't have to see the worst of it and most of them are set, so there's no need. Pelosi even justified them trading actively. These people all have a role to play as advisors. But they got to let go of power. if they don't, they will be swept from power and perhaps more because they don't represent anyone's interests past their donors.
We are a country about taxation WITH representation. We need leaders who can lead vigorously. No one in their 80?!s can do that. Its hubris. It will be disasterous hubris for him to run next time. And he will lose hard as the Ds in general will lose hard because people will say what did we end up getting? Nothing. Just lukewarm, squishy nothing. And I am sure types like you will once again dien to threaten the rest of the voters and the left with your usual "or else" threats to your avowed partners. And people will rightly turn to you and say, "or else what?" because the Ds won't have done a damn thing for them in any way they can point to. Thats a recipe for loss. And the only way we get winning again is to flush out everyone on a team rather than on point. Because you are worthless and we are very, very tired of being condescended to by those who don't deliver and ask us to follow blindly. If the Ds stood for anything, this would be different. But they are as weak as cardboard.
Thanks for your calm analysis. I needed it to counteract news hypertension. Keep up the good work.
You know, its "know better" types like you that have us here. The Ds have had a year to pass something that will help people, with each house, and now that all important first year is gone and what do we have for all our faith, time, and money. A halfash BIP that does nothing to help people. "We need infrastructure!" some will cry. And we do. But there is a reason the Rs supported that one. First, the Ds will get no credit for something so diffuse, and second it will benefit them in ways they can claim credit for. Meanwhile, the left and D base is this pivotal year has gotten nothing of any important. Been a year, no excuses.
I would argue the main reason nothing gets done is that the leadership has a strangehold on power and THEY ARE OLD. Too old to have the energy to deal with cascading nightmares we face. They won't have to see the worst of it and most of them are set, so there's no need. Pelosi even justified them trading actively. These people all have a role to play as advisors. But they got to let go of power. if they don't, they will be swept from power and perhaps more because they don't represent anyone's interests past their donors.
We are a country about taxation WITH representation. We need leaders who can lead vigorously. No one in their 80?!s can do that. Its hubris. It will be disasterous hubris for him to run next time. And he will lose hard as the Ds in general will lose hard because people will say what did we end up getting? Nothing. Just lukewarm, squishy nothing. And I am sure types like you will once again dien to threaten the rest of the voters and the left with your usual "or else" threats to your avowed partners. And people will rightly turn to you and say, "or else what?" because the Ds won't have done a damn thing for them in any way they can point to. Thats a recipe for loss. And the only way we get winning again is to flush out everyone on a team rather than on point. Because you are worthless and we are very, very tired of being condescended to by those who don't deliver and ask us to follow blindly. If the Ds stood for anything, this would be different. But they are as weak as cardboard.